Cloud Architect Oracle
Redwood City, CA

Job Description

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. Suggest and justify product directions within approved directions. Define responsibilities for new projects and specifies, designs and develops software according to those specifications. Provide consultative software guidance and strategic direction associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Acknowledged expert/professional within company and/or industry nationally and internationally. Provides leadership in the development and strategic direction of new products, processes, techniques. Acts as primary consultant on large projects that effect the organization*s long term objectives / strategy. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 10 more years of software engineering or related experience.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Position Summary

Oracle's Global Business Units (GBUs) provide best-in-class products and services to the communications, construction and engineering, food and beverage, financial services and insurance, health sciences, hospitality, public sector, and retail industries. The GBU Technology Services team defines, builds and supports common services that GBUs use to deliver their products and services.

We are committed to delivering state-of-the-art experiences that delight users and provide value to our industry customers. We need a talented, multi-faceted Architect / Senior Architect who has the vision and expertise to collaboratively lead activities in one or more domain areas.

You will define common architecture and best practices while driving uptake of key technologies including Business Analytics, Machine Learning, Search, Digital Assistants and other emerging technologies. A successful candidate will have a passion for driving common approaches and services in emerging technologies to GBU Development teams across the world.

Your work will vary from day to day. In a typical month you might

* Research and define new service architectures
* Collaborate with GBU teams
* Brainstorm with development teams
* Meet with technology providers
* Develop cross-organization communities
* Prototype new services / capabilities
* Present to stakeholders.

Here's the kind of person we're looking for

* You have a positive and resilient personality, and thrive on working well with others.
* You have the ability to inspire people at all levels to follow your technical vision.
* You have a strong sense of ownership, and are able to drive development of new projects and capabilities to completion.
* You have solid communication skills and can clearly explain complex technical concepts.
* You can lead a conversation in a room with designers, engineers, product managers, stakeholders and executives
* You are comfortable with ambiguity.
* You get stuff done.

Qualifications & Previous Experience

* 12 years of full stack development experience.
* 4 years as an application architect or similar role.
* Ability to lead teams in framing and solving difficult problems.
* Ability to work efficiently on several initiatives and projects at once, often with ambiguity and varying timelines.
* Ability to produce software architecture and designs that can be implemented by other teams.
* Extensive experience with enterprise and cloud technologies such as Java, RDBMS, NoSQL, Containers/Kubernetes, Serverless Computing, etc.
* Extensive experience with cloud native applications and micro-services architectures.
* Experience defining, writing and supporting reusable and maintainable services and API's.
* Experience with modern, cloud focused development workflows.
* Ability to produce software architecture and designs that can be implemented by other teams.
* Ability to architect highly available and scalable solutions.
* Experience in one or more of the following domains: BI / Analytics, ML, Digital Assistants, Application focused Infrastructure Services (search, monitoring, etc.).
* Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills.
* Masters or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field